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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
The action packed book takes place in the Underland, a land of kingdoms, the humans, gnawers, or human-sized rats, spinners, or giant spiders, and crawlers, or large cockroaches. At a certain age, humans are bonded with a flier, or bats, and vow to fight for each other. The main characters are Gregor, Boots, and Luxa. Gregor and Boots are brother and sister from New York, while Luxa is a warrior princess in the Underland. I chose this book because Jessie liked it and recommended it to me. -
Event 1- The Fall
In his family's hot apartment, Gregor was playing with Boots and her ball. as he threw the ball, Gregor folded laundry. After a while Boots didn't come back, and he caught her in the laundry room with her head in the vent as if she was being sucked in. He treid to save her, but they were vaccuumed it and fell into the abyss. Thinking: I felt scared for the characters because I didn't know if they were going to get hurt. -
Event 2- Trying to Escape
After a couple of days of being treated like royalty in the Underland, Gregor had enough and decided to get back home without knowing where to go. With Boots on his back, he climbed into a canoe and flew down the rushing river, but he was soon caught by the underlanders, and two rats ready to kill him. Thinking: This moment was intense because I didn't how he would get out of the situation unharmed. -
Event 3- The Prophecy
Vikus, the king, introduced Gregor to a prophecy that he was a part of. It said that 12 will go on a quest, but only eight will survive. Two overlanders, Gregor and Boots, two underlanders, Luxa and her cousin Henry, two fliers, two spinners, two crawlers, one gnawer, and one lost up ahead, or Gregor's dad who went missing two years earlier. Thinking: The way this part was set up reminded me of a Percy Jackson book. -
Event 4- Temp and Tick
The first mission for the quest was to gather everyone they needed, so they traveled to the land of the crawlers to find two who are brave enough to take on the task. The King refused, but two snuck out with them. Their names were Temp and Tick, and they became instant friend with Boots. Thinking: I felt glad Boots was keeping everyone happy even when things looked glum. -
Event 5- Rat Attack!
After a rough night of camp, Gregor's group came face to face with a pack of hunting rats. Luxa told Gregor to take Boots and run to saftey while the rest fought the vicious gnawers. If any of the rats survived, their location would be given away, and an army of rats would sent to kill them. Gregor kept running and ran right into a sticky spider web. Thinking: This cliff hanger made me mad because I didn't have time to keep going to find out what happened. -
Event 6- Spiders!
Gregor and Boots were hoisted up into the web, trapped. Everyone came running and finally realized what they were up against. Waves of spiders crawled towrads them, and Luxa and Henry acted fast by cutting them out of the web and flying away to avoid a battle. Thinking: They failed to gather the spiders they needed, but I knew they were coming in a unexpected way. -
Event 7- All Accounted For
While setting up camp, a friend;y rats and two spiders appeared from a claering. Ripred, the rat, introduced himself and sais Vikus sent him. The spiders were in bad shape, one bleeding to its death. The remaing spider shared that the rats attacked. Many died on both sides. Thinking: At that moment, I relized that the quest was starting to come true. -
Event 8- Rescued
Gregor crept along the thin edge of a vast canyon with the ten remaining questers; Tick fell off a bridge during a rat attack. Through the next clearing, thay saw a shaking man, bound to chain. He looked starved, but Gregor still recognized him. It was his dad. He had a headache that caused anmesia. Luxa told him that they needed to move fast, so they packed up. However, they were not fast enough. Thinking: I was glad that they found his dad, but I was waiting for something bad to happen. -
Event 9- The Final Battle
Rats poured out of the entrances, surounding them. The questers formed a fighting circle around Boots and Gregor's dad. Suddenly, Henry left and stood with the rats. He thought that the rats had a better chance, so he joined their side. They ran for the exit with the rats hot on their tail, Gregor in the rear. The ground crumbled beneath them, Gregor jumped and was caught by Henry's flier. Henry fell to his death. Thinking: I couldn't believe Henry was a tratior, but I had to keep reading. -
Event 10- Bonded for Life
When they came back, Gox the spider and Henry were dead. Ares, Henry's bat was tried in court for leaving his companion, but Gregor began his vow to be his partner in crime, his best friend. The courts accepted the vow, and Ares was saved. The next day, Gregor, Boots, and his dad prepared for the trip home. Riding on Ares' back they were brought to a portal that led them to right outside of their apartment buiding. Thinking: I loved the ending, it was sweet and happy. -
Conclusion
Overall, I loved this book because it was like Percy Jackson, which I adored. It kept me engaged with its fast pace and action. I would recommend this to someone who love action fantasy books. I would watch it if it was a movie although it will be one soon. I'm denfinetly reading the next book for my next IR Book.
